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Bastille Day: Police clash with yellow vests after parade
14th July 2019
Police in Paris have fired tear gas at protesters near the Champs-Elysées shortly after France's annual Bastille Day military parade.
Earlier, yellow-vest protesters booed President Emmanuel Macron as he was driven down the boulevard.
Police said they had detained more than 150 people, including two yellow vest leaders accused of staging an unauthorised demonstration.
The parade also saw a French inventor zoom past on a futuristic flyboard.
Franky Zapata - a former world jet ski champion - soared above the avenue and the assembled dignitaries.
More than 4,000 members of the armed forces marched down the avenue in a tradition that dates back to the years following World War One.
See more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48983089
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